Category: Cheerleaders Tryouts

Virginia Tech cheerleading is a co-ed partner-stunting program. It’s split into two teams, Maroon and Orange, and it competes at UCA College Nationals in Orlando each January. Virginia Tech is also unusually transparent: its official tryouts page publishes the full scoring rubric, so you can see exactly how each skill is scored before you walk […]

NC State doesn’t post a traditional open tryout with a date, fee and skill list. The Wolfpack cheer program selects its team through an application and recruitment process: you apply to the university, contact the team recruiter, and fill out a prospective student-athlete application. Coaches then weigh your skills together with interviews and your interactions […]

Duke has two cheer squads, Blue and White. Both are chosen at one multi-day tryout each spring, and you must be a full-time Duke student or an admitted student to try out. This guide follows the official Duke Cheerleading page on GoDuke.com. As of September 29, 2026, Duke hadn’t posted dates for its next tryout. […]

Maryland Cheerleading is an all-girl team. Its 2025-26 roster is made up entirely of women, and in 2025 it competed in the NCA Collegiate Cheer National Championship in the All Girl Division 1A. The squad cheers at more than 150 games and events a year. Maryland picks the team through spring tryouts, and every member […]

Rutgers cheerleading is part of the Rutgers Spirit Program, which also includes the dance team and the mascots. It cheers for Scarlet Knights athletics in the Big Ten, and the current roster includes both men and women. Rutgers doesn’t publish a public tryout packet or tryout dates on its athletics site. Its cheer page links […]

If you’re looking for “Purdue cheer tryouts,” the most important thing to know is that Purdue mainly recruits its cheerleaders. It doesn’t rely on a single tryout day. Prospects are evaluated at clinics and on campus, verbal offers go out in the fall, and Purdue says it holds a traditional tryout “only if there is […]

Iowa doesn’t run a single open tryout day. It recruits its cheerleaders: you apply to the university, send in a questionnaire and skill videos, and meet the staff at clinics or combines. Offers go out in the spring. The Iowa Cheerleaders are part of the Iowa Spirit Squads, with the Iowa Dance Team and Herky […]

The University of Wisconsin cheerleaders are part of the UW Spirit Squad, along with the Dance Team and the Bucky Badger mascots. The cheer program has two teams, a Coed team and an All-Girl team, and both are run by Wisconsin Athletics. UW holds its main tryout each April and publishes a tryout information sheet […]

The Husker Cheer Squad is part of the Nebraska Spirit Squad, together with the Scarlets Dance Team and the mascots, Herbie Husker and Lil’ Red. The Spirit Squad is run by Nebraska Athletics. It cheers at home and away football games, volleyball, and men’s and women’s basketball, and it performs over 200 hours of public […]

Michigan State’s cheerleaders are part of the MSU Spirit Squad, alongside the dance team. Both are run by MSU Athletics in the Big Ten. Unlike many programs, MSU doesn’t publish a public tryout packet, dates or skill list on its athletics site. So this guide covers what’s officially confirmed and how to get the rest […]